Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-07-22
Repairing for the Campaign.
INTERESTING READING FOR REPUBLIC
CANS AND DEMOCRATS.
Post Intelligencer.

Post Intelligencer.
Il will give you a pointer said a
we'll known gentlemen in this city to
reporter; these movements on the
part of Governor Semple, Surveyor
General Breckenridge, Gwin Hicks
and other prominent Democrats, have
more than passing significance. The
other day / was placed in such "a posi-
ton that |, unobserved, overheard "A
conversation in regard to the matter
by some of the faithful, and I'll tell
you what ! heard. You see, | was
not eavcsdrooping, but the circum-
stances were such that | could not
help hearing without holding my ears,
and that | did not care to do. Gwin
Hicks, Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue, was the principal speaker,
and he appears to be- Governor Sem
pies head pusher He Was talking to
sure enough Democrat, one of those
fellows who wore the gray during the
war; and on whose politics there can
be no discount Hicks said: Il
came to Seattle as envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the
great Democratic party with certain
messages to deliver to the faithful, but
when got there | WAS in Il quandary.
Voorhees, had warned me to be shy of
Burke and of Gilman, and | did not
dare to lay the matters before Bill
White, because l did not know just
what humol he would be in. Butler
was out of town, and SO | determined
to 60 out to RentOn and lay the mat
tiers before Joe Foster and E. NJ
Smithers. l wanted to see Metcalfe,
also, and get some pointers as to who
| could trust, and he was also at Rem
ton, and by going out l killed two
birds with one stone. Our object is to
organize, and be ready for an emer-
gency. We have a pointer that when
We can clearly demonstrate that We
have control of the politics of the Ter
ritory, and can send Voorhees, to the
Senate, that the Territory will be adj
mitted. We have already organized a
Wigwam" at Olympia, arranged for
the organization of another at Tacoma
and one of my objects in coming here
was to arrange for such an organiza-
ton here. We have charted a little
steamer and will visit all the Dem
ocratic strongholds on the Sound, and
lay the foundation for our work
Semple, Breckenridge, Metcalfe and
one or two Democrats We can count
on from Tacoma and myself, will b,
in the party. Another object in my
coming here was to find out whether
you have fixed the Peoples Party ST
that we can count on their votes
Metcalfe told me he had that party
bottled, but l want the cork wei
sealed and wired, for We must hav.
that party with us to carry out ou
plans. We have also decided to star
Il Democratic paper, but we are di
vided as 10 where it shall be. / favo
Tacoma because the Ledger is the only
paper there of any strength, and it is
so handicapped with its corporation
collar that its neck would be easil,
!. broken. Governor Semple is an old
newspaper man and he is pushing this
part of the program, although most o
l tHC tilotiCN 10 w SOlhC ltoiii viz outSkuC
One thing we must do, however, ant
that is to keep this matter very quiet
. and not let in any of these fellows wh'
: call themselves loyal Democrats lik,
Burke, Halter, and others, until W,
get everything in working order, ant
then they will fall in. We can coun
on Butler, B. Brown, yourself, Smith
ers and Metcalfe, and few others
White flies off the handle so easy tina
l thing We had better not mention ii
to either him or Munday until We get
in good working order. After see
Semple and Breckenridge, will Civ,
you the details of our plans"
The two men walked into neigh
boring cigar store, and | extricatet
myself from any uncomfortable posi-
ton and walked up street in an op
posite direction"